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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

canzone or canzona , in literature, Italian term meaning lyric or song. It is used to designate such various literary forms as Provençal troubadour poems and the lyrics of Dante, Petrarch, and other Italian poets of the 13th and 14th cent. The term was revived in the 19th cent. by Italian lyric poets, among them Giosuè Carducci. ... Read more

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

canzone [can‐ tsoh ‐ni] (plural ‐ oni ), a term covering various kinds of medieval Provençal and Italian lyric poem. The most influential form was the Petrarchan canzone, which has five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding envoi (or half‐stanza); the lengths ...

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English

canzone noun plural canzoni L16 Italian (= song (corresponding to Old and Modern French chanson ) from Latin cantio(n-) singing, from cant - past participle of canere to sing). An Italian or Provençal song or ballad; a style of lyric resembling a madrigal.

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	Petrarch's "canzone-frottola": a parable of return.(Critical Essay) Magazine article from: Symposium; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; CANZONE 105, Mai non vo' piu cantar com'io soleva, introduces the...the oral minstrel culture into the lofty and demanding canzone form, what results is the least typical poem of the entire...del sentimento e della coscienza, in occasione di questa canzone, che appunto fa pensare ai temi tradizionali della ... Read more
	Giovanthomaso Cimello. The Collected Secular Works: Canzone villanesche al modo napolitano (1545).(Libro primo de canti a quatro voci (1548))(Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Cimello. The Collected Secular Works: Canzone villanesche al modo napolitano (1545...Cimello, both dating from the 1540s: the Canzone villanesche al modo napolitano (Venice...editions (see, for example, The Debut of the Canzone villanesca alla napolitana, Studi musicali... Read more
	Jordan J. Canzone, Teacher, Conductor Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/6/1995; 224 words ; Jordan J. Canzone, 71, a retired south suburban high school...member of the Chicago Musicians Union, Mr. Canzone spent his retirement years conducting...Symphony and Illinois Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Canzone was a graduate of the Chicago Convervatory... Read more
	Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'amore. Concerto-soirée Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ROTA Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'amore. Concerto-soire * Massimo De Bernart, cond; Benedetto Lupo...1947 but not first performed until 1972, the Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'amore is testament to Rota's refusal to draw distinctions between... Read more
	6 Pieces for Piano. Herbst-Legende. Carneval (Nachtstück). Canzone. Die Flur der Engel Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2009; ; 490 words ; MARX 6 Pieces for Piano. Herbst-Legende. Carneval (Nachtstck). Canzone. Die Flur der Engel * Tonya Lemoh (pn) * CHANDOS 10479 (54...gentle nocturne; its subtitle, Nachtstck, is more appropriate. Canzone, by contrast, is well named: a simple song whose persistent... Read more
	Canzone Magazine article from: Poetry; 10/1/2002; ; 495 words ; CANZONE Materiem suprat opus Ovid Such grainy elements of the obvious would Make up the basic building-blocks of matter, Which our ancestors... Read more
	Peu a Peu and Canzone in Germany-Brazil battle.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/29/2002; 241 words ; ...squaring up this weekend, as German-bred Peu a Peu and Brazilian-bred Canzone line up in today's Grade 1 Beverly Hills Handicap over ten furlongs at Hollywood Park. Canzone, a dual Grade 1 winner at home, is now based in California with trainer... Read more
	Nuovi canti carnascialeschi di Firenze: Le "canzone" e mascherate di Alfonso de' Pazzi.(Book review) Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Aldo Castellani. Nuovi canti carnascialeschi di Firenze: Le canzone e mascherate di Alfonso de' Pazzi. Fondazione Carlo Marchi Quaderni 29. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2006. xii + 296 pp. + 2 color... Read more
	Psalms of David: Selections/Ich bin der Auferstehung. Weib was weinest du. Herr wenn ich. Wohl denen. Geistlichen Chormusik: Selections.1/6 Canzone e Sonate2 Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2008; ; 416 words ; ...Ich bin der Auferstehung. Weib was weinest du. Herr wenn ich. Wohl denen. Geistlichen Chormuslk: Selections.1 G. GABRIELI 6 Canzone e Sonate2 * Kari-Friedrich Beringer, cond; Windsbach Boys' Ch;1 bach, blech & blues2 * RONDEAU 1019 (66:36 *) While we... Read more
	2 Limited div. presidents charged in apparel theft. (Raphael Benaroya, of Sizes Unlimited; Peter Canzone, of Brylane) Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 8/19/1987; ; 426 words ; ...worth of apparel and shoes--including 77,200 tops and 69,000 pairs of shoes. Raphael Benaroya, of Sizes Unlimited, and Peter Canzone, of Brylane, sold merchandise owned by Gimbel Holding Co., to a third party while the goods were in storage, according to the... Read more

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